Alphabet

Question 1

A

Answer 1

ah

Question 2

B

Answer 2

bay

Question 3

C

Answer 3

say

Question 4

D

Answer 4

Day

Question 5

E

Answer 5

uh

Question 6

F

Answer 6

eff

Question 7

G

Answer 7

zheh (jAy)

Question 8

H

Answer 8

ahsh

Question 9

I

Answer 9

ee

Question 10

J

Answer 10

zhee

Question 11

K

Answer 11

kah

Question 12

L

Answer 12

ell

Question 13

M

Answer 13

em

Question 14

N

Answer 14

en

Question 15

O

Answer 15

oh

Question 16

P

Answer 16

pay

Question 17

Q

Answer 17

koo

Question 18

R

Answer 18

air

Question 19

S

Answer 19

ess

Question 20

T

Answer 20

teh

Question 21

U

Answer 21

ooh ((b)OO)

Question 22

V

Answer 22

vay

Question 23

W

Answer 23

doo-blah-vay

Question 24

X

Answer 24

eeks/icks

Question 25

Y

Answer 25

ee-greg

Question 26

Z

Answer 26

zed

Question 27

é

Answer 27

l’accent aigu

‘é’ is always pronounced like the name of the letter “a” (rhymes with say or bay) – but with a little twist.

French é is more like “ay” but if you cut off the sound halfway through, just before you get to the ‘y’.

Question 28

à, è, ù

Answer 28

l’accent grave

‘è’ is always pronounced “eh”, as in “get” or “ebb”

ù appears in only one word: où (meaning “where or when”), and is used to differentiate between où and ou (meaning “or”)

là (there) – differentiated from la (the) à (to) – differentiated from a (has, as in il a) çà (here, as in çà et là) – differentiated from ça (this)

(u, a sound same)

Question 29

ç

Answer 29

la cédille

It is used to indicate that the ‘c’ in question is pronounced like an ‘s’, as in français and garçon.

The cedilla appears only before the vowels ‘a,’ ‘o,’ and ‘u.’ That’s because a ‘c’ before an ‘e’ or ‘i’ is pronounced like an ‘s’ anyway, whereas before an ‘a,’ ‘o,’ or ‘u,’ without the cedilla, it makes a ‘k’ sound.

Question 30

â, ê, î, ô, û

Answer 30

l’accent circonflexe

 is pronounced “ahh”, as in “mama”

Ê is pronounced just like e with the accent grave – like “eh” as in “get”

Ô is pronounced like “oh”, as in “boat”

i and u, the circumflex does not indicate pronunciation with one exception: jeûne, (meaning to fast, dietarily speaking), where both vowels are pronounced individually – as opposed to the similar jeune (meaning young) where the vowels combine to create the French “euh” sound.

Question 31

ë, ï, ü

Answer 31

l’accent tréma

Instead of telling you how something is pronounced, the trema tells you that it is pronounced at all.

It’s used in French, especially in names, to tell you to pronounce both vowels (for example, like Zoë, Noël, and Taïwan). It’s also used when a word ending in -gu (like aigu!) is made feminine, to tell you that’s what’s happened and to pronounce the end of the word. So aigu becomes not aigue but aigüe. That’s because the ending -gue in French usually skips pronunciation of both vowels (think vogue or langue).